College Politics 2018

The University of Nebraska at Lincoln is not known as a hotbed of activism. Courtney Lawton. a 46-year-old graduate student in the English department, had heard of Turning Point.The group ran a "Professor Watchlist," a of most-wanted list with the names of professors who have offended Turning Point by saying mean things about Republicans, speaking ill of capitalism, or teaching about white privilege.Amanda Gailey, an associate professor of English. Gailey, in the spirit of solidarity with the professors on the group’s "watchlist," scrawled a sign asking that her name be added, too. Free speech was supposed to be one of the few remaining ideas in American politics that could bring everyone together. But free speech doesn't resolve political conflicts; it creates them. In Nebraska, everyone had their say.The Chronicle.